Radmind

Radmind
Developer(s)	Research Systems Unix Group at the University of Michigan
Stable release	1.14.1 / December 13, 2010
Repository	github.com/Radmind/radmind ;
Operating system	UNIX, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows
Type	Security (tripwire), file management
Website	At U. Mich, at GitHub, at Sourceforge

Last updated January 30, 2022

Radmind is a suite of Unix command-line tools and an application server designed to remotely administer the file systems of multiple client machines.^[1]^[2]

How Radmind Works

Radmind operates as a tripwire, detecting changes in a client's filesystem (and, in the case of Microsoft Windows, the registry) and reversing the changes.^[5]^[6]^[7] Radmind stores filesystem specifications in text files called transcripts, signified with a .T extension. Transcripts are referenced from command files, signified with a .K extension, which specify which transcripts (and with what precedence) should be applied to a client machine's filesystem.

Suite of tools

The radmind suite of tools comprises

ktcheck, which updates the locally stored command files and transcripts to match those on the server.
fsdiff, which checks the client filesystem against the transcripts on the local system without using network bandwidth.
lapply, which updates the client filesystem to match the transcripts, downloading files as needed.
lcreate, which uploads new transcripts to the server.
lcksum, which verifies uploaded transcripts.
lfdiff, which compares local files with copies on Radmind server.
lmerge, which combines transcripts on the server.
ra.sh , which automates the update process using ktcheck, fsdiff, and lapply.
twhich, which returns which transcript(s) a file is referenced in.
applefile, which allows Radmind to work with AppleSingle files.

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References

↑ Kevin M. White (16 April 2010). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Deployment v10.5. Pearson Education. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-13-208942-5.
↑ Schoun Regan; David Pugh, eds. (5 June 2006). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X 10.4 System Administration Reference. Pearson Education. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-13-279791-7.
↑ Michael Bartosh; Ryan Faas (24 May 2005). Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration: Integrating Mac OS X Server into Heterogeneous Networks. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-596-55060-8.
↑ "WWDC: Apple announces Design Awards". MacWorld. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
↑ Noah Gift; Jeremy Jones (8 December 2008). Python for Unix and Linux System Administration. O'Reilly Germany. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-596-51582-9.
↑ Edward Marczak; Greg Neagle (18 August 2010). Enterprise Mac Managed Preferences. Apress. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4302-2937-7.
↑ Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (29 January 2014). The State of the Art in Intrusion Prevention and Detection. CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4822-0351-6.

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[White2010-1] Kevin M. White (16 April 2010). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Deployment v10.5. Pearson Education. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-13-208942-5.

[editoreditor2006-2] Schoun Regan; David Pugh, eds. (5 June 2006). Apple Training Series: Mac OS X 10.4 System Administration Reference. Pearson Education. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-13-279791-7.

[BartoshFaas2005-3] Michael Bartosh; Ryan Faas (24 May 2005). Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration: Integrating Mac OS X Server into Heterogeneous Networks. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-596-55060-8.

[MacWorld2014-4] "WWDC: Apple announces Design Awards". MacWorld. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

[GiftJones2008-5] Noah Gift; Jeremy Jones (8 December 2008). Python for Unix and Linux System Administration. O'Reilly Germany. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-596-51582-9.

[MarczakNeagle2010-6] Edward Marczak; Greg Neagle (18 August 2010). Enterprise Mac Managed Preferences. Apress. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4302-2937-7.

[Pathan2014-7] Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (29 January 2014). The State of the Art in Intrusion Prevention and Detection. CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4822-0351-6.

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